14-01-2014: Aeon:
The Geel question
Interesting article about Geel (pronounced 'Hyale'), a town in Belgium, where a 700 year old medieval tradition of welcoming the mentally ill into peoples' homes is being hailed as a progressive model for treatment. It also shows that historical treatments were not all exorcisms and witch hunts.

17-12-2012: PLoS One:
A Meta-Analysis of Core Stability Exercise versus General Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain
Interesting since it showed that the specific exercises given for core strength only helped in short term relief but were no better than general exercise in the long run. General exercise would presumably build core strength if it was weak and needed for the activity too. This is why I prefer to find activities a person might enjoy and encourage them for long term planning. An update to this followed two years later with the same conclusions available here.